Whittier College Poet Commons Commencement Programs Archives and Special Collections 6-9-1951 1951 Commencement Program Whittier College Follow this and additional works at: https://poetcommons.whittier.edu/commencement 1901 - 4 aLf-nluuj of Swic - 1951 ,golden .Anniversarq Commencement Of Whittier College June 9, 1951 Four-thirty in the afternoon THE HERBERT F. HARRIS AMPHITHEATRE Whittier, California DELEGATES OFFICIAL DELEGATES FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING 1833—HAvERFORD COLLEGE 1891—LA VERNE COLLEGE E. Roberts Richie, B.S., M.D. President Harold D. Fasnacht, B.S., M.A., LL.D. 1837—GUILFORD COLLEGE David E. Henley, A.B., M.A., 1893—MONTANA SCHOOL OF MINES Ph.D. Emmet Richard Cullity, E.M. 1893—MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY 1846—EARLirAM COLLEGE Albert J. Roberts, A.B. Robert Lincoln Kelly, Ph.B., Ph.M., L.H.D., LL.D. 1896—COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS 1846—MOUNT UNION COLLEGE President William Ballentine Ella Wilcox Peasley, B.M., L.H.D Henley, A.B., MA., M.S.P.A., LL.B., LL.D., Sc.D. 1855—UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO John F. Bricca, Ph.D. 1897—SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE President Walter R. Hepner, 1864-S WARTHMORE COLLEGE A.B., M.A., Ed.D. Mary Mans Warren, A.B. 1898—FRIENDS UNIVERSITY 1866—PACIFIC SCHOOL OF RELIGION President S. Arthur Watson, Milton G. Gabrielson, B.D., M.A. A.B., B.S.A., M.S., Ph.D. 1899—NEBRASKA CENTRAL COLLEGE 1868—UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Edith Hailing, A.B., M.S. in Ed. Provost Gordon S. Watkins, A.B. M.A., Ph.D., LL.D. 1902—PASADENA COLLEGE Professor Thomas Kimber, 1869—LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE A.B., M.A. Professor Francis Berry Turrell, A.B., M.A. 1907—UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS Dean Floyd C. Wilcox, A.B., 1872—UNIVERSITY OF OREGON B.D., M.A., Ed.D., D.D. G. Duncan Wimpress, A.B., M.A 1911—LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF Los 1873—WILLIAM PENN COLLEGE ANGELES Mary C. Chawner, A.B., M.A. Professor Frank Sullivan, A.B., MA., Ph.D. 1874—COLORADO COLLEGE Kenneth R. Pomeroy, A.B., M.A. 1911—REED COLLEGE R. Bruce Horsfall, A.B., 1875—BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY MA., Ph.D. Asael C. Lambert, B.S., M.S., 1926—SCRIPPS COLLEGE Ph.D. Professor Isabel Fothergill Smith, 1879—COLORADO AGRICULTURAL AND A.B., M.A., Ph.D. MECHANICAL COLLEGE 192 7—GLENDALE COLLEGE Harold C. Lewis, B.S., M.S. Burton A. Bishop, B.D. 1887—OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE 1937—GEORGE PEPPERDINE COLLEGE Dean Benjamin Hays Culley, Dean E. V. Pullias, A.B., M.A., A.B., M.S. in Ed., Ed.D. Ph.D. 1887—POMONA COLLEGE 1946—CLAREMONT MEN'S COLLEGE Robert Lee Hough, A.B., M.S. Professor Orme Wheelock Phelps, A.B., M.B.A., Ph.D. 1889—SEATTLE UNIVERSITY Professor Raymond L. Nichols, 1949—LOS ANGELES STATE COLLEGE S.J.: A.B., M.A., Ph.D. Dean John A. Morton, Ed.D. 7rogram PROCESSIONAL—"Pomp and Circumstance" Elgar The Commencement Orchestra Ruth Haroidson, B.M. Professor of Violin, Conductor (Audience Standing) INVOCATION N. Robert Kesler, A.B., B.D. Minister, Emmanuel Methodist Church of Son Bernardino ARIA—"Pilgrim's Song" Tschaikowsky Laurance A. McKenna, A .B., M.M. Assistant Professor of Voice ADDRESS—"THE GREAT AMERICAN EXPERIMENT" Rufus Bernard von KleinSmid, Sc. D., Ph. et Litt D., L.L.D. The Chancellor of the University of Southern California THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES William C. Jones, Ph.D., L.H.D. The President of the College With a solemn sense of my responsibility I pledge myself To hold my degree as a sacred trust, With untarnished honor to myself, In generous loyalty to Alma Mater, And with fidelity to my country, My fellow men, and my God. SENIOR CANDIDATES—Harold F. Spencer, Ph.D. The Dean of the College GRADUATE CANDIDATES—H. Randolph Pyle, Ph.D. The Chairman of the Committee on Graduate Studies ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDS AND HONORS THE WALTER FRIAR DEXTER AWARD THE ALEMENDINGER DRAMA AWARD THE HONOR SCHOLARSHIPS ALMA MATER BENEDICTION Joseph H. Thompson, A .B., A .M., S.T.B. Minister, Community Methodist Church of Costa Mesa RECESSIONAL—"March" Handel BENJAMIN G. WHITTEN, Ph. D., JOHN H. BRIGHT, Ed. D., Marshals The Assistant Marshals are Members of the Cap and Gown and the College Knights Ushers are Sosecos (Sophomore Service Committee) and members of the Lancer Society The Commencement Orchestra consists of Selected Members of the Whittier College-Community Orchestra THE FLAG-BEARERS ARE: President of the Associated Students—The American Flag President of the Junior Class—The United Nations Flag President of the Sophomore Class—The Christian Flag President of the Freshman Class—The Whittier College Flag CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES MASTER OF ARTS Janice Alicia Beals (A.B., Whittier College) THESIS SUBJECT: "A Study of the Personal and Inter-Personal Problems of Ten Cerebral Palsied Adults" Kenneth George Beyer (AB., Whittier College) THESIS SUBJECT: "An Historical Development of Three Problem Areas Within the Whittier College Curriculum" Yvonne Baker Bjermeland (A.B., Whittier College) THESIS SUBJECT:"A Comparative Study of Personality Factors of Children With Functional Articulatory Defects" Arthur T. Hobson, Jr. (A.B., Whittier College) THESIS SUBJECT: "The Story of Ulysses: A Revision of Homer's Odyssey for the Low Ability Student in the Ninth Grade Basic Course at Whittier Union High School" Ross Jacobs (A.B., Whittier College) THESIS SUBJECT:"An Evaluation of Films for a Unit on Family Life Education" Warren Barr Knox (A.B., Whittier College) THESIS SUBJECT:"A One-Semester Sophomore Life Science Course for Montebello Senior High School" Gladys Marie LaMain (A.B., University of Arizona) THESIS SUBJECT: "Can Metaphor Analysis as a Teaching Technique Improve the Reading Ability at the Ninth Grade Level in a Junior High School?" Irma Ruth McCausland (A.B., Whittier College) THESIS SUBJECT: "The Influence of the Western Country and Town on the Philosophies of the Major Characters in the Novels and Stories of Willa Cat her" Morris J. Padia (A.B., Whittier College) THESIS SUBJECT: "The Status and Development of Secret Clubs at Whittier Union High School" CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES MASTER OF ARTS Kenneth John Pascoe (A.B., Whittier College) THESIS SUBJECT: "An Experimental Study in the Measurement of Personality and Adjustment of Freshmen in the Basic Communication Course at Whittier College" Jack Duane Thompson (A.B., Whittier College) THxsis SUBJECT: "Individual and Family Factors in Mexican-American and Anglo-American Stutterers" Audrey Margaret Vail (A.B., Mount Saint Mary's College) THESIS SUBJECT: "An Analysis of. the Equal Rights Amendment for Women" CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES BACHELOR OF ARTS JANUARY Lloyd Vernon Armstrong Robert Bruce McRae Arthur Edward Axworthy, Jr. Charles M. Maloney Leland Gerry Beckett Edwin Charles Meyer Robert Donald Beeman Robert Earl Meyer Edwin Harold Bowman, Jr. David Stanley Mitchell Mary Jean Bryan Everett Loren Mitchell Doris Ruth Burnett Barbara R. Myers Ray W. Caldwell Richard Eugene Nichols Kenneth Hampton Chandler Craig Greenhalgh Olson James Henry Cleminson Alice Barbara Otter Clarence Earnest Coats Amy Ada Paine Raymond Sterling Cole John B. Palmer Joan Corfield **Theodore Herbert Radtke Joy M. Craig Nancy Jane Stogsdill Rosskopi Robert Baker Cromwell Amory L. Sampson Katherine Nisbet Dean Lawrence E. Shaffer *Thomas A. DeHart Allan Forest Shuey Thomas Frank Dodson, Jr. Tony Michael Sidiiano James Nathan Elliott Joyce Ann Singrey Peggy Jane Galbraith Dorothy Constance Smith Dosha Page Gerckens Tom Earl Smith Marguerite Ellen Gilliam Virgil E. Smith Robert P. Gray Samuel Byrne Sornborger George Ewing Hartshorne HI George Martin Stoll Francis Edgar Hill Amos Lincoln Strawhun Louie Don Hutchison Wayne Ellsworth Thompson, Sr. Bettye Pittman Jones Frances S. Titus William Charles Langjahr ***Benjamin Bainbridge Tregoe, Jr. Bernice Jeanne Lee Marylou West ***Ethel Annie Linsdell John Alexander Wilfong Lloyd Clark Loring William E. Williams William Martin Luman Donald Winn Harry Francis McIntyre Milton Dale Wonacott Marjorie Elizabeth McLaughlin Carolyn Martins Wood Joseph William McMahan * With honors. ** With high honors. *** With highest honors. CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES BACHELOR OF ARTS JUNE Marian June Ainsworth William Encinas Virginia Mae Alberthal *Edwin Walter Ewy, Jr. Alice Maxwell Allen William Louis Fisher Irene M. Alvarado Richard Willard Fletcher Vernon Richard Anderson Betty Margaret Forbes Wesley L. Anderson Dimple Blair Franklin Mary Ellen Archibald Marilyn Frederiksen Kenneth Armstrong Finley M. Fritz Donald Lee Axelson John McCormick Fugitt Dixie Daugherty Baird Patricia Faye Gallagher Billie Anne Bamber Frances Jean Gallucci Marion Tony Barich Jack Alexander Gardner Jack Leroy Becker Owen Garrett Larry J. Benedetti Albert M. Gasparian Helen Mae Beyer Mary Ann Getty Eric Birch Gracia May Giddings Albion Frederick Bjerrneland Rollie Owen Giles Vera Jean Bonnet Irma Louise Girard Sherman Andrew Boring Franklin Warner Glover Jack Bowne Lois Anne Gordon Marva Klein Brandon Edwin Frank Gottschlich Richard Gale Brandon Jerry F. Govin Arlene Novelle Brewer Charles S. Grace, Jr. David Burk Brown Joan Gregory Myrna Weed Brown William B. Griffen William Arthur Brown Madeline M. Grubbs Nancy Jean Buchanan Jack G. Hagthrop Charles Richard Burnette Clemit W. Hale Margaret Joan Butcher June Eloise Hall Paul Harvey Caldwell John R. Harris Howard Orlo Campbell Marvlyn Irene Harris Eugene George Carson Donald L. Hathcock Robert Scott Casjens Charles E. Hawley, Jr. Barbara Black Chamberlain Patricia Joan Hayes Raymond E. Chapman Norma Jean Haynes Ronald W. Chapman Betty Osborne Headland Thomas J. Clagett Robert Headland Herbert Theodore Clark Delbert August Hell James R. Clark Jean Dorothy Hem William Howard Cook Doris Anne Hendjn James H. Copeland, Jr. Joan Whitney Hillyard Helen Charmion Cotton Alan George Hiltscher Esther Hicks Crandall Barbara J. Curtis Hiltscher William 0. Craven Marilyn Marie Holmes John Franklin Crippen Kenneth Wayne Holt Dean Wendell Criss Russ Lemon Wond Holt Roger S. Darling Laird Dean Hoskins John Northrop Dart Joan Bannister Hoyle Murl S.